175 will definitely work but if you have something with a higher rpm it will save you some time. You'll probably have to make more passes. Take it slow and don't let the machine hover over the same spot, keep it moving.

Will be more slippery as you reach higher levels of polish but it won't be like stripping floors slippery. Polished concrete, even highly polished concrete, still have fairly good traction.

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how big an area Mike? Its been a while since I did one, but we have gotten busy so I subbed out 3 jobs to guys who do it every day. I charged 15% on top of what they charged me. I made a little money off it and it got done right and the customer is happy happy !!

Hope you don't mind Mike but I'm going to add to your questions one of my own. Densifying concrete before polishing. Never done it. Never heard of doing it until the other day. How often do you guys end up doing this and how vital is it? Should this be a step I start including?

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Hope you don't mind Mike but I'm going to add to your questions one of my own. Densifying concrete before polishing. Never done it. Never heard of doing it until the other day. How often do you guys end up doing this and how vital is it? Should this be a step I start including?

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how big an area Mike? Its been a while since I did one, but we have gotten busy so I subbed out 3 jobs to guys who do it every day. I charged 15% on top of what they charged me. I made a little money off it and it got done right and the customer is happy happy !!

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I just went to place a bid for a concrete polishing job today. To answer your questions:

You can use a 175 and diamond resins discs. This will be a slow process. There are bigger heavier machines you can use to speed the process up.

Yes, you can F up the concrete

It most likely will be a bit more slippery when wet as you are smoothing out the surface reducing traction.

Yes, you should seal it.

Typically $5 to $7 s sq ft.

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So Todd would could I F up and by doing what? They actually just asked for it to be sealed, but this massive slab is under a beautiful gazebo that hosts a lot of parties and I just thought it would look so much better polished.